Nyhed: "Buried"-forfatter ødelægger Oscar-chancer

"Buried"-forfatter ødelægger Oscar-chancer

Kedelig tendens gentager sig.

Sidste år blev produceren af "The Hurt Locker", Nicolas Chartier, bandlyst fra Oscar-uddelingen, da han havde udsendt en email til dommerne, hvor han bad dem om at stemme på hans film. Nu gentager manusforfatter Chris Sparling samme dumme træk med "Buried", hvor han håber på at sikre filmen en statuette for bedste originale manuskript. I værste tilfælde kan det betyde, at "Buried" helt fjernes kandidaterne.

Sparling skriver: "You are to write a feature-length screenplay with only one on-screen character. This character is to remain in only one location for the entire duration of the film, and that one location must be a 2x7 wooden box. You cannot use flashbacks, cut-aways, or any other narrative device that would take the action outside that box.

The film based on your screenplay must be met by incredibly high critical praise. Roger Ebert must give it 3 1/2 out of 4 stars and give it two thumbs up; Variety must remark that the film is 'an ingenious exercise in sustained tension that would have made Alfred Hitchcock proud'; Jeffrey Lyons must describe the film you wrote as 'Mesmerizing'; and you must be awarded Best Original Screenplay of 2010 by the National Board of Review.

Sound impossible? It's not. In fact, all this exactly describes the film 'BURIED.'"

Han tilføjer: "If you have not yet seen 'BURIED,' I respectfully ask that you at least read the screenplay before casting your Academy Award vote for Best Original Screenplay. And while 'BURIED' might not end up being your first choice (or even second or third), please consider it for fourth or fifth.